Hi Bruce,

Sadly the mission was reprofiled from the original GTO concept to LEO some months back. The final orbit has not yet been confirmed but the satellite is being designed for a baseline orbital height of between 600-800km sun synchronous with a 97 degree inclination.

Still worth having tho!

73

Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Robertson" ve9qrp@gmail.com To: "Graham Shirville" g.shirville@btinternet.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ESEO Project latest news!

Wow, I hadn't realized that the amateur payload includes the following: "A U/S Transponder – either FM voice and/or linear/with DSP; A U/V Transponder – linear with DSP; A C-Band beacon." It looks like a full-package HEO is in store for us in 2012.

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Graham Shirville g.shirville@btinternet.com wrote:

Hi All,

For the latest update on the ESEO mission visit the AMSAT-UK website http://www.uk.amsat.org/

Season's Greetings and wishing you great success with your satellite activities in 2009

73

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